Re: Continuous updating in Manipulate
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- Subject: [mg100879] Re: Continuous updating in Manipulate
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:36:37 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi Mark, Dynamic has an Option: UpdateInterval. Here is an example: Dynamic[DateString[], UpdateInterval -> 1] Daniel Coleman, Mark wrote: > Greetings, > > I'm wondering if it is possible to create a Manipulate that continuously > updates itself? More precisely, I'm working on a Manipulate that imports > and displays a severe storm weather map from NOAA > (http://www.weather.gov/) and then does some other calculations with the > background data. Putting aside the calculations for a moment, one method > for interacting with this data is to create a button that updates the > map when clicked. Another way would be to have the map update itself > regularly, say every x minutes, without any intervention from the user. > In this way the user is always seeing the most current map without the > need to click the button (note: The NOAA map updates on their web site > every 5 minutes, so this is not real time updating). > > How might this be done in MathematicaMathematicaMathematicaMathematicaMathematicaMathematicaMathematicaMathematica? Is there some sort of timed EventHandler > that could be used? > > Thanks, > > Mark > >